MAMOU, La. (KLFY)- Authorities are searching for a Mamou man accused of stealing a stealing an ATV from a home in Evangeline Parish. On Sunday, August 18, 2019, the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office was called to the 1000 block of Shorty Lane. The owner of the residence returned home from being out of town to […]
(KLFY) The body of a woman found in Vermilion Parish on Aug. 27, 2019, has been identified as Tyler Domingue, who was last seen on May, 2014. The St. Landry Parish woman’s body was recovered from Coulee Kinney after detectives and the District Attorney’s Office developed information into her last known location. A forensic examination […]
UPDATE (8/28/19) : The arrest of a 24-year-old West Monroe man on 50 counts of Child Pornography was the result of a 9-month long investigation. According to court documents, the investigation into Matthew Aaron lewis began on December 5, 2018, when Special Agents with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation Cyber Crime Unit received several Cybertip […]
UPDATE: The westbound lane of Interstate 10 is now open, State Police said. ORIGINAL: There is some good news for motorists who use I-10 between Lafayette and Baton Rouge. A deadly crash happened on I-10 West at mile marker 124.5 on Monday. The Louisiana State Police released this I-10 Traffic Advisory Update: The I-10 West […]
“Any time you are dealing with a HAZMAT scene it’s very dangerous because you really don’t know what you can expect what can happen”. Alton Trahan, Lafayette Fire Department. I-10 Westbound between Whiskey Bay and Butte La Rose is still closed Tuesday night more than a day after a deadly crash stopped all traffic from […]
NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY) – You can’t see much if you’re looking at the Highway 90 overpass at LA 329 Avery Island Road. But underneath the bridge, it’s a different story. There’s a lot of work going on. Crews are doing a rehabilitation project on the bridge overpass. The workers are making some improvements to the end bents, which hold […]
Lafayette Police are on the scene of multiple reports concerning shots fired in North Lafayette late Tuesday night. The call came just before 10:00 p.m. police said and officers are on scene in the 800 block of MLK near the Bayberry Point Apartments. Eyewitnesses report multiple shell casings on the ground. Corporal Bridgette Dugas would […]
A 9-year-old male was killed in a head-on collision crash Tuesday afternoon in Breaux Bridge. According to State Police, it happened around 5 p.m. on LA Hwy. 31 at the intersection with Ruth Bridge Hwy. Police say the victim was a rear seat passenger in a vehicle that was travelling northbound and struck head on […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- We can always tell when high school football is rolling around because of the annual Kiwanis Jamboree luncheon, and the Crying Towel! Twelve teams will take part in the Kiwanis Jamboree this Thursday and Friday. The coaches of those teams told light-hearted stories on Tuesday in a competition for the funniest story.
State Police have released new photos of debris left from the wreckage on the Basin Bridge Monday afternoon. One person died and at least five others were injured in a 5-vehicle crash and fire that occurred in the westbound lanes of I-10 at mile marker 124.5 between Whiskey Bay and Butte La Rose. I-10 westbound […]
A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle late Tuesday afternoon on one of Lafayette’s busiest roadways. It happened just before 8 p.m. in the 4700 block of Johnston Street. The condition of the unidentified victim is not known at this time. Eyewitnesses tell KLFY that the victim is a female who was transported by ambulance […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- The Lafayette Police Department says it’s losing trained officers to departments willing to pay more. Lafayette Police administration wants a pay plan put into place. The department calculates losing 32 officers in 2018 and 24 officers in 2019; with only a few being retirements. Deputy Chief Reginald Thomas says he losing officers […]
Between January 1, 2014, and Tuesday there have been 1,183 crashes on the I-10 Basin Bridge, including 13 fatalities, Bill Oliver, DOTD District Administrator said. Statistics show there are about 200 accidents on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge every year. Oliver estimates three of those to be fatal. Oliver says most of those accidents are due […]